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No climate crisis agreement at G20 environment meeting
CHENNAI: Environment ministers from G20 nations failed to agree on peaking global emissions by 2025 and other crucial issues to address the global climate crisis at their meeting in India on Friday. No breakthrough was possible on several key points ahead of this year’s COP28 climate talks, with negotiations also failing to reach a consensus on tripling renewable energy use. “I am very disappointed,” France’s ecological transition...
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Chip giant TSMC determined to ‘keep roots in Taiwan’: CEO
HSINCHU, Taiwan: Semiconductor giant TSMC said it was determined to “keep its roots in Taiwan” as it launched a massive facility in the island’s north on Friday geared towards developing the world’s most cutting-edge microchips. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) controls more than half of the world’s output of microchips, which are the lifeblood of the modern global economy, powering everything from coffee machines and...
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KFH employees serve customers in 9 branches in Turkey
KUWAIT: As part of its constant efforts to offer the best banking experience, Kuwait Finance House (KFH) assigned a team of employees to Turkey to serve customers and visitors during the summer. The employees were assigned to nine branches of KFH-Turkey: two in Bursa, four in Istanbul and one branch each in Trabzon, Izmit and Kusadasi. KFH‘s team, who went through an intensive course before the start of their mission, will continue to work...
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Kenzo presents first fashion show in China
Against Shanghai's glittering river skyline, Kenzo-clad models strutted down a breezy open-air runway on Friday for the French fashion brand's first-ever show in China. The country's vast pool of consumers is critical to the luxury market, and top brands like Kenzo are turning to wooing them on their own turf as domestic high-end shopping rises. Kenzo already operates 40 stores in mainland China, and the show is part of its policy of "reinforcing...
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'Silk of peace' weaves new bonds in post-quake Turkey
Nearly all the workers lost their houses, the accountant and vet disappeared along with their families, but after the deadly earthquake that devastated Turkey's Hatay province, "the silk of peace" is helping make new connections. "I had to convince myself to start up again," admits Emel Duman, rolling between her fingers a small and incredibly fine ball of fibres. The yellow cocoons, with which she spins and weaves natural silk, have been her...
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Eagles co-founder Randy Meisner dies aged 77
Randy Meisner, a founding member of chart-topping rock band the Eagles, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 77, the group said Thursday. His passing on Wednesday night due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was announced in a statement on the band's website. Meisner was the original bassist and a vocalist for the Eagles, one of the best-selling bands in history, whose many hits include "Hotel California," "Take It Easy"...
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Belgian brothers look to put singer Brel's boat back to sea
Belgian singer Jacques Brel famously crooned about clinging to love in iconic hits like "Ne me quitte pas" and now two brothers in his homeland are engaged in their own enduring passion project to restore his cherished sailboat. In the North Sea port of Zeebrugge, Gustaaf and Piet Wittevrongel are close to returning the yacht to the sea, 15 years after it was salvaged as a wreck from a New Zealand beach. The red and blue hull of the 20 metre (66...
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‘Global boiling’: July set to be hottest ever
PARIS: UN and EU monitors said Thursday that July is set to be the hottest month in recorded history and likely “unprecedented” for thousands of years, warning that this was a taste of the world’s climate future. Searing heat intensified by global warming has baked parts of Europe, Asia and North America this month, combining with wildfires that have scorched across Canada and parts of southern Europe. “The era of global warming has...
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Duo set record for summit of 14 ‘super peaks’
ISLAMABAD: A Norwegian woman and her Nepali guide set the record Thursday for the fastest summit of all 14 of the world’s 8,000-m mountains, their team said in a statement. Kristin Harila and Tenjin “Lama” Sherpa completed the feat in three months and a day after summiting Pakistan’s K2, the last peak on their quest. “Kristin said it was a very hard climb because of the amount of snow. She is grateful and extremely happy to share the...
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Nod to election commission
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to pass in the first reading a law to establish a high election commission and allow the return of former political prisoners after their exclusion from political life. Fifty-six MPs voted for the legislation, while MP Jenan Bushehri opposed the law because it imposes some restrictions on female voters. Under the law, the election commission will replace the interior...
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Kuwait hangs five, including mosque bombing convict
KUWAIT: Kuwait put to death five people on Thursday, including a man convicted of involvement in a 2015 Islamic State group suicide bombing that killed 26 people, the public prosecution said. The multiple executions in the state are the first since seven people were put to death in November last year, ending a five-year moratorium. In a statement, the public prosecution said it oversaw the “implementation of the death sentence in Kuwait’s...
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Captagon pills seized, three suspect nabbed
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday the thwarting of the smuggling of about one million Captagon pills that three suspects of Arab nationality tried to smuggle into the country through the port of Shuwaikh. The banned substances were hidden in a container carrying cement building materials in a secret and innovative way.The General Directorate of Security Relations and Media at the ministry confirmed in a press release that the...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties